---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 257 Sentinel Landscape Designation"
description: "H.B. 257 Sentinel Landscape Designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 257"
citation: "Utah H.B. 257 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land Use", "Military Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knotwell, John"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00dfd1c1-f74b-4379-afb2-c569799ecb9f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0257.html"
source_hash: "b83e6dc922800cbc744a53f4e018b7a3545dfe4d5bc8955f5e304487dd26cc5a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah H.B. 257 (2018) — H.B. 257 Sentinel Landscape Designation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0257S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0257S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0257.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Knotwell, John — primary (person)
- Stephenson, Howard A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-05** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-07** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2018-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-08** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2018-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** circled
- **2018-02-23** uncircled
- **2018-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-23** to Senate
- **2018-02-23** received from House
- **2018-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-03-01** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-06** to House
- **2018-03-06** received from Senate
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00dfd1c1-f74b-4379-afb2-c569799ecb9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).